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NIPPA reaches for peak pe Steve Price Mark Katrakis Warwick Beban Damian Shaller ueenstown played host to this year’s NIPPA Conference. Karen Farr, president of NIPPA , the Network of In-house Print Professionals Australasia, welcomed delegates to the conference, reminding them that they had an opportunity to examine ways they could improve their performance and the performance of their print shops. She said, “This is about peak performance. We all know about the recession and how tough it has become in the print industry so we need to find ways to move ahead. One thing we can do is ensure that, as individuals and as organisations that we operate at our peak, delivering quality and on time.” The conference featured several highlights including the NIPPA Awards Night, an array of speakers, and a designated sponsors area where delegates networked with sponsors. Karen Farr thanked the sponsors without whom the conference could not take place: Océ, Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Sharp, Renz Australia, Hewlett Packard, Fuji Xerox NZ, Pitney Bowes, Lanier, Ferrostaal, Waikanae Plastics, MacroProDM, AM International, TS Wilson, B&F Papers, KW Doggetts, Currie Group and Jenrite. The members and sponsors forum featured overseas guets Maury Kane and Rebecca Hanlon alongside locals David Hills form Waikato University; Farren Doyle from B & F Papers; Chae Ball, from Fuji Xerox; and Paul Cohen from Renz Australia. New Zealand Printer editor Bruce Craig mediated the forum, which examined questions around marketing the industry, especially as a twilight industry; the environment and how to publicise print as a sustainable medium; NIPPA as a co-operative enterprise 46 December 2012 - Australian Printer your graphic information partner The NIPPA 2012 Conference saw delegates join with sponsors to examine how peak performance plays an integral part of inhouse printing and how to work best with suppliers; and how can we use social media as a tool for in house printing. The panel and audience offered a diverse range of opinions, covering and uncovering aspects of these issues that the industry must face head on. Poster competition SPLIT into members and sponsors entries, Océ Canon Group representatives judged the member entries and the APME and ACUP representatives judged the members entries. Prizes went to: Members posters Gold Award - Simon Giles (Dept of Defence) Silver Award - Nadia Hollins (Manningham City Council) Bronze Award - Marian Thompson (Massey University) Silver Spoon Award - Justine Wilson (Unitec NZ) Sponsors Posters Gold Award - Ricoh Australia Silver Award - Lanier Australia Bronze Award - Fuji Xerox New Zealand Branch Member of the Year MEMBERS received these awards for their involvement and contribution to their branch between Oct 2011 - Oct 2012. The awards went to: Central Branch - Goran Gajic Southern Branch - Simon Giles Northern Branch - Sandra Black Western Branch- Craig MacKenzie Eastern Branch- Kim Herod Professional Development 2012 Professional Development Certificates went to Justine Wilson, Karen Farr, Kate Svensen, Lan Chin So, Talie Aumua, Sue Celligoi, Lynn Norris, Nadia Hollins, Rob Roberts, Craig Gibbs, Rowan Brown, Peter Cuthbert, John Eather, Goran Gajic, Kim Herod, Simon White, Ricky Moldrich, Barbara Patton Oakes, Bert Veenis, Simon Giles, Marian Thompson and June Lincoln. Quantum printing SPEAKERS at the NIPPA conference offered a range of solutions for inhouse print professionals looking to reach peak performance STEVE PRICE, the keynote speaker, delivered a summation of his career, pointing out his good fortune and identified strategies anyone can implement for success. He said, “One thing I learned early on is that you are in control of your own destiny. When you aren’t going well, don’t blame anyone else for how you are going.” Price gained an MBA while captain of the Warriors rugby league team and he offered specific advice on peak performance. He said, “You can do yourself some favours in terms of brand value. Think of yourself as a brand; be well presented; be on time; treat your clients the way you want be treated; make that great first impression. All those things that you know are important; you need to do those things every day.” MAURY KANE, from Philadelphia, USA, and a past president of the Association of College and University Printers, gave delegates cause to consider the future of inplant printing with his presentation: The Quantum Universe of Inplant Printing. He said, “As I begin my retirement, I wonder what how the printers of tomorrow will fare in the digital age. We are facing challenges for the future. I want to suggest to you that we are facing new paradigms in the industry.” Kane suggested that for peak performance, printers needed to know where they stood. He said, “You have to be plugged into the